Arvind Chhabra

Pak women decide to stay put, visit Shimla

The 19 young Pakistani women, who are in Chandigarh to attend a peace conference, are not worried and are staying in India until October 3 as scheduled, organisers said on Friday, a day after the Indian Army’s “surgical strikes” across the Line of Control (LoC).

19 Pakistani girls in Chandigarh for youth festival may cut visit short

20 Pakistani students in Chandigarh for peace fest may cut short visit

The 19 girls and one boy came to the city on Tuesday night on a visit of seven days to take part in the ongoing 11th Global Peace Festival. Pramod Sharma, the event organiser, told PTI the students are “under a lot of pressure” from their parents who want them to go back in light of the developments that have taken place since Indian Army’s surgical strike across the LoC.

Were told we won’t return alive, say Pak women, still travel to India

“When our friends and families learnt that we are going to India, they were so scared that they said we won’t return alive,” says Lahore-based Resham Sitara, 31, one of the 19 young women from Pakistan who arrived in Chandigarh on Tuesday night to attend a peace conference. But after a night in India, she says she would like to tell “people in Pakistan that India is not what you make of it. People here are loving and hospitable. I have fallen in love with this country at first sight”.

Pakistani women talk peace in tense times

Message of peace: Pak women team in India ‘surprised’ by hospitality

When Resham Sitara’s family and friends learnt she was to be part of a team going to India, they got scared. “So much so, they said, ‘we won’t return alive’,” says the 31-year-old Lahore resident, who is one of the 19 young Pakistani women who are in the city to attend a peace conference.

HC says Chandigarh admn hampering work in name of heritage

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accused the UT administration of being “discourteous” and trying to obstruct the renovation of court rooms on the pretext of building’s heritage status.

What tricity is talking about

UT inspector general Tejinder Luthra has a warning for those who drink and drive. “The drive against drunken driving is going to get stricter,” he says. But soon motorists won’t have to worry about being challaned.

Street crime fuels fear in Chandigarh

On the night of September 20, Tuesday, four men allegedly kidnapped a realtor at gunpoint after forcibly entering his car in a central locality of the city, Sector 35. Harvinder Bajaj returned home, but only after his friend paid a ransom of Rs 40 lakh. And the kidnappers remain untraced.

UT shoots down Badal govt’s plan to install Ambedkar statue in assembly

Chandigarh administration has turned down the Parkash Singh Badal-led SAD-BJP government’s proposal to install a ‘large statue’ of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambdekar on the premises of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

What tricity is talking about

Traffic snarls between Kurali and Kharar and even up to Chandigarh have become a daily affair. With Union minister Nitin Gadkari laying the foundation stone for four-laning the Kharar-Kurali section and six-laning the Chandigarh-Kharar stretch, residents hope for respite.

Punjab governor’s top priority: Automatic redress system

Aimed at improving the working of the administration’s public grievances system, Punjab governor and UT administrator VP Singh Badnore has instructed officials to come up with a mechanism where residents don’t have to go to any public authority to lodge their complaint.

PU polls a countdown to Punjab battle: Cong biggies vs Akali ‘money power’

SAD spends Rs 4.3 crore on solar panels for hostels and girls’ gym; Cong banking on Rahul’s Youth Congress team

PU V-C involved in illegal acts: Senators

A day after the Hindustan Times reported Panjab University vice chancellor Arun Kumar Grover saying that PU was controlled by mafia and that senators were vultures, the PU senators on Monday hit back, triggering a major controversy.

Senators are vultures, Panjab University controlled by mafia: V-C

In what could be the reaction to University Grants Commission’s pointing out “extra money” being paid to him, Panjab University vice-chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover has said that the varsity is being ‘controlled by a mafia’ who are out to ruin the institution.

15th administrator Badnore will need to win Chandigarh’s trust

VP Singh Badnore, 69, who takes over as the Punjab governor on Monday, will be called upon to perform a crucial constitutional role in the next few months when the state goes to polls.

Separate administrator for UT: It’s Punjab versus city political units

The turn of events over the issue of charge of UT administrator has thrown up an interesting scenario: all major political parties of Punjab strongly opposed the idea of a separate UT administrator, while the Chandigarh units of the same parties were solidly behind dissociating the administrator’s role from the Punjab governor.

Centre’s guv move was in line with politicians’ demand in Chandigarh

The move of the Centre to delink the Punjab governor from administrating the union territory of Chandigarh may not have come through but the local political leaders have been pushing for it for several years.

‘Fantastic success and important achievement for Chandigarh’

French ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler says that the Capitol Complex making it to the list of World Heritage Sites will help preserve the city’s exceptional architectural heritage. He tells HT’s Arvind Chhabra that the city’s modernity has withstood the test of time.

'Jain pales before me'

INLD's Harmohan Dhawan talks of his chances from Chandigarh constituency.

HS-IGP standoff: No rules violated, asserts Kumar

UT INSPECTOR General of Police Rajesh Kumar has said he violated no rules by issuing the posting orders of SSPs and SPs.